He never bargained for what he found.
An inventor spurns his city life and moves his family into the jungles of Central America to make a utopia.
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Classical in form, earnest and grave.
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“Is Harrison Ford the best thing in The Mosquito Coast?”
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- tmdb39513728on TMDB · Feb 2015
**Disney for Anarchists** Before there was a McConaissance there was a Harrisance, That's right, you heard right: Harrisance. Within a few years in the 1980's Harrison da Chicago lead what was arguably the greatest adventure movie ever mounted, and possibly the best science fiction movie ever launched. He was also featured in that adorable little _Star Wars_ trilogy. Not to mention a slew of fine movies like _Presumed Innocent_, _Frantic_, _the Fugitive_, and two thrillers as Jack Ryan. Among my favourite movies from the Harrisance period (if I keep saying it, it will be a thing) were two directed by Peter Weir, an Aussie who never met a cultural clash he didn't want to shoot. Weir directed a couple of American films and chose the right man to lead them. _Witness_ was well-liked and had a righteously tough Harrison cop defending the Amish. But in my opinion, _Mosquito Coast_ was better. Look at the headliners. Harrison Ford , Helen Mirren, River Pheonix, from a story by Paul Theroux, scripted by Paul (_Taxi Driver_, _Raging Bull_) Schrader. The jaded Film Critics at the time weren't exactly blown away by the movie's ambitious scope but liked the way Harrison could play an anti-hero
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Cast
- Harrison FordAllie Fox
- Helen MirrenMother Fox
- River PhoenixCharlie Fox
- Jadrien SteeleJerry Fox
- Hilary GordonApril Fox
- Rebecca GordonClover Fox
- Jason AlexanderHardware Clerk
- Dick O'NeillMr. Polski
- Alice Heffernan-SneedMrs. Polski
- Tiger HaynesMr. Semper
Crew
- Peter WeirDirector
- Paul SchraderScreenplay
- Paul TherouxNovel
- John SealeDirector of Photography
- Maurice JarreOriginal Music Composer
- Thom NobleEditor
- Peter WeirProducer
- Jerome HellmanProducer
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